Haggerty: George Raetz first to make Aug. 23 no-hitter day

11:34 PM,
Aug. 31, 2013

Family photo of George Raetz in Cooperstown in 1950.

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Nancy Haggerty

The stack of photos on the front-porch table was small. That's what divorce and death can do.

But even those things can't wipe away family history and pride.

Annette Raetz and her daughter Diana - a young-looking 50-year-old who was never supposed to walk or talk but has an encyclopedic memory for faces and events - were scouring the photos for good shots of George Raetz. ...